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science.connect 1

Helen Colbourne
Eulalia Fernandez
Glen Hutton
Scott Jantzen
Deborah MacFadyen
Cliff Sosnowski
Monika Stoten

ISBN: 0070890927
Copyright year: 2002

Table of Contents



Unit A Investigating Properties of Matter
Chapter 1 Understanding Matter
  1.1 Chemicals All Around Us
  1.2 Describing Matter
  1.3 Classifying Matter
Chapter 2 Pure Substances: Elements and Compounds
  2.1 Putting the Pieces Together
  2.2 Elements and Compounds
  2.3 Chemical Names and Formulas
Chapter 3 Mixtures and Their Uses
  3.1 Two Kinds of Mixtures
  3.2 What is Solubility and Concentrations?
  3.3 Separating Mixtures
Chapter 4 Solutions and the Environment
  4.1 Use Concentrated Solutions to Reduce Garbage
  4.2 Acids and Bases
  4.3 Acids and Bases in Action
 
Unit B Energy Transfer Technologies
Chapter 5 Heat and Heat Transfer
  5.1 The Nature of Heat
  5.2 Heat and Temperature
  5.3 Transfer of Heat
  5.4 Heat Transfer in Nature
  5.5 Heat Transfer and Technologies
Chapter 6 Controlling Heat Transfer
  6.1 Absorbing and Losing Heat
  6.2 Keeping Heat at Home
  6.3 Keeping Yourself Warm
Chapter 7 Simple Machines and Energy Transfer
  7.1 All Kinds of Energy
  7.2 Just Prying into Things
  7.3 Wheels, Pulleys, and Blocks
  7.4 Spinning Our Wheels: Energy and Efficiency
 
Unit C From Life to Lifestyle
Chapter 8 Structure and Function of Plant and Animal Cells
  8.1 A Closer Look
  8.2 Cell Theory
  8.3 Plant and Animal Cell Structures
  8.4 Cell City
Chapter 9 Life Functions Common to Living Things
  9.1 Life Functions Common to All Living Things
  9.2 Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
  9.3 Human Organ Systems
  9.4 Keeping an Eye on Life Functions
Chapter 10 Food for Life
  10.1 Assessing Nutrients
  10.2 Analyzing Diets
  10.3 Digestive System: Mining the Nutrients
  10.4 The Role of Diet
Chapter 11 Maintaining Homeostasis
  11.1 Keeping an Internal Balance
  11.2 What Affects Homeostasis?
  11.3 When Your Body Cannot Cope
  11.4 Technology that Maintains Homeostasis
 
Unit D Matter and Energy in the Biosphere
Chapter 12 The Web of Life
  12.1 What Is Energy?
  12.2 Storing Energy from the Sun
  12.3 Energy Pathways in an Ecosystem
  12.4 Energy Transfers
  12.5 The Cycles of Matter
Chapter 13 Populations
  13.1 Changing Populations
  13.2 Population Growth and Decline
  13.3 Limiting Factors
  13.4 Biotic Limiting Factors
  13.5 Human Impact
Chapter 14 Ecosystems and Biomes
  14.1 Ecosystems
  14.2 Climate and Land Ecosystems
  14.3 Location and Soil
  14.4 Biomes
  14.5 What Threatens Biodiversity?
Chapter 15 Protecting the Environment
  15.1 We Need More Food
  15.2 We Need More Energy
  15.3 We Need More Products
  15.4 Why So Much Waste?
  15.5 What Can We Do?






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